Asymptomatic Covid Percentage By Age
Two studies published this week detail asymptomatic cases of the virus with one finding that 81 of people who tested positive for covid 19 on a cruise ship did not show symptoms.
Asymptomatic covid percentage by age. The age group with the highest number is 70 79 year olds who make up 22 2 percent of all cases. In arizona 61 percent of covid 19 cases are in people under the age of 45 in texas s two largest counties harris home to houston and dallas about half of the new cases have been in people. The most important covid 19 story right now may be the age shift. The typical covid 19 patient is getting younger.
A more accurate term would be asymptomatic infection with sars cov 2. The graph shows younger people in south korea who are tested for the disease regardless of showing. According to new data published in jama the rate of coronavirus infection in different parts of the. Similarities and differences covid 19 and influenza 17 suggest that 80 of infections are mild or asymptomatic iceland 18 50 of the people who tested positive had no symptoms.
As shown deaths in young people from babies to college students are almost non existent. Cases of covid 19 reported as of april 2 for which the patient s age was known 2 572 or 1 7 of the cases were in children under 18 years old. Asymptomatic carriers of covid 19 may be spreading the disease unknowingly but to what extent. In florida the median age of new covid 19 cases fell from 65 in march to 35.
More than 80 of deaths occur in people aged 65 and over. Median age of asymptomatic carriers was 31 years and 1 3rd were students aged 20 years. Among the 149 082 confirmed u s.